Weaning Diaries // Week 8

We started offering Florence fingers foods at the start of Week 8. Before this, I was spoon feeding her both Breakfast and Lunch. A few days previous we started to give her little pieces of food that we were eating and she really, really took to it so we decided to start offering her Fingers Foods for lunch instead of a Purée. This means that Florence has gone from two meals a day to three meals a day, what a little piglet! Towards the end of the week we started giving Florence a couple of cubes of Fruit Purée for pudding after her Dinner.

Here is Florence's food diary for Week 8 -

Week 8	Breakfast - 9.00am	Lunch – 1.00pm	Dinner – 4.00pm	Bedtime - 7.00pm
Monday	Bottle *Florence had an early Hospital appointment so we missed breakfast*	Bottle Philadelphia Sandwich, Cucumber, Cheese, and Strawberries	Bottle Butternut Squash, Pea, and Tomato Purée	Bottle
Tuesday	Bottle Ready Brek with Apple and Blackberry Purée	Bottle Rice Cakes	Bottle   Jacket Potato with Cheese and Sweetcorn	Bottle
Wednesday	Bottle Weetabix with Pear And Strawberry  Purée	Bottle Jam Sandwich, Ham, Cheese, Strawberries	Bottle One Pot Chicken	Bottle
Thursday	Bottle Yoghurt with Raspberry and Peach Purée	Bottle Tomato and Cheese Tortilla Pizza	Bottle Sweet Potato and Spinach Mash	Bottle
Friday	Bottle Ready Brek with Blueberry  Purée	Bottle Cooked pasta with Steamed Mixed Vegetables	Bottle Cheesy Fish Pie with Potato Apricot and Apple Purée	Bottle
Saturday	Bottle Weetbix with Strawberry and Peach  Purée	Bottle Bread Sticks, Philadelphia, Ham, Cucumber, and Tomato	Bottle Swede, Carrot, and Parsnip  Purée Apple and Raspberry  Purée	Bottle
Sunday	Bottle Yoghurt with Mango Purée	Bottle Philadelphia Sandwich, Cucumber, Organix Tomato Slices	Bottle Cheesy Mashed Potato with Tomatoes Strawberry and Blueberry Purée	Bottle

Weaning Diaries // Week 7

We were away on our first little Holiday as a family this week. Chris booked us to stay in a Cottage in Derbyshire for a week which was absolutely wonderful and just what we needed! However, it did mean that I had to be very lazy with what I fed Florence. I vowed that I would never give her shop bought pouches because I couldn't understand why I would spend so much money on them when it's cheaper and so easy to make you own. Essex to Derbyshire is a 3 and a half hour journey in good traffic, adding another hour on to stop at the services. No amount of Ice Packs would keep her food nicely frozen during the journey, not to mention there wasn't a freezer at the cottage and I was a little cautious about keeping meat and fish thawed in the fridge for that amount of time. 

I know that Ella's Kitchen are a very good brand for showing exactly what is in the pouch which is reassuring. I also know that their food is Organic, with no added preservatives, colorings, flavorings, salt, or sugar. It appears that other brands are following suit and also offer the same, so there were plenty of meals that I was happy to choose from! I tried to vary what Florence ate each day, offering her a good balance between vegetables, meat, and fish.

We also used shop bought fruit pouches for her breakfast too!

Here if Florence's food diary for week 7 - 

Week 7	Breakfast – 9.00am	Lunch – 1.00pm	Dinner – 4.00pm	Bedtime – 7.00pm
Monday	Bottle Ready Brek with Cow and Gate Apple Pouch	Bottle Heinz Sweet Potato, Chicken and Vegetables	Bottle	Bottle
Tuesday	Bottle Yoghurt with Ella’s Kitchen Mangoes, Mangoes, Mangoes Pouch	Bottle Heinz Tomato and Mozzarella Pasta Shapes	Bottle	Bottle
Wednesday	Bottle Weetabix with Cow and Gate Fruit Mix Pouch	Bottle Heinz Creamy Fish Pie	Bottle	Bottle
Thursday	Bottle Ready Brek with Cow and Gate Pear Pouch	Bottle Ella’s Kitchen Tomato and Lentil Bake	Bottle	Bottle
Friday	Bottle Yoghurt with Heinz Apple and Blueberry Pouch	Bottle Ella’s Kitchen Cheesy Pie with Veggies	Bottle	Bottle
Saturday	Bottle	Bottle Ella’s Kitchen Veggie Lasagne Bread Stick with Philadelphia, Ham, and Cheese	Bottle	Bottle
Sunday	Bottle Scrambled Egg with Butter	Bottle Salmon with Tomato and Sweet Potato Sauce	Bottle	Bottle

 

She absolutely loved the fruit pouches and ate an 80g pouch every morning with her breakfast. What I love about the fruit pouches is that the only ingredient is the fruit, nothing more and nothing less. 100% pure fruit. Another thing I love about them is that no matter the fruit, it's always a thick purée

in the pouch, whereas some of my home made fruit purées are really watery and almost impossible for her to eat. I have definitely considered stocking the kitchen cupboards with them to save clogging the freezer up with homemade fruit purée - I am a changed Woman!

Lunch on the other hand was a different story. She wasn't too keen on the savoury pouches and I don't blame her, they all smelt horrid let alone the taste...! She ate more of some than others, but on a whole it didn't go to plan.

 Saturday lunch time we were back at home so tried Florence with some new finger foods after her main lunch. She took to it really, really well. From Monday, we have decided to offer her finger foods at lunch time and then a hot meal at dinner time. This means that she'll be on three meals a day!